Evaluation Report
24 participants
returned their evaluation forms to the Secretariat.
This report will be based on the data collected from them.
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Ways
through which participants found out about the Conference
The first question was used to find out how the participants
came to know about the Conference. The
results are presented in the following chart:
How
did you hear about the Conference?
2.
Pre-Conference Service
The
next two questions aimed at investigating how satisfied the participants
were with the Conference website, i.e. the information that it provided
and whether it was updated frequently enough, and with the Conference
Secretariat, i.e. the how efficient they were in responding to
participants’ questions via e-mail and the usefulness of the
information that they provided.
How
satisfied were you with the Conference website and the Conference
Secretariat?
All
of the participants were either very satisfied, or satisfied, with both
the Conference website and the Conference Secretariat.
3. Pre-Conference Activities
The
next few questions were used to find out whether the participants liked
the pre-Conference hike and the Wine Party.
How would you rate the pre-Conference hike
and the Wine Party?
All but one participant who answered this
question rated the pre-Conference hike and the Wine Party above average.
Some people did not give a response to this question probably
because they did not attend the relevant pre-Conference activity.
When
asked to comment on these two activities, these are some of the
responses:
a)
Pre-Conference Hike
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"
It would have been nice to go somewhere a bit more out of the way
- some place one can't necessarily get to alone. |
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"
It was fun despite bad weather. |
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"
It was very hot, but everyone had a great time and enjoyed the
wonderful views. " |
b)
Wine Party
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"Registration
was very efficient." |
4.
Conference Features
In
general, the participants were satisfied with the choice of the Conference
venue, the facilities there, the catering
arrangements, the Conference package, the Registration
and Reception Desk, the accommodation arrangements,
the publicity, and the Conference
venue arrangements. All
of them got very good ratings as shown on the chart.
However, compared to other features of the Conference, the book
display did not get a very good rating.
Many participants seemed to be dissatisfied with the book display
organized by one of the sponsors, the Cambridge University Press (CUP).
The following quotes are comments on the book display by the
participants:
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"It
would have been better to have more advanced books on
display." |
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"More
publishers would have been nice, but not realistic." |
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"Could
have been more prominent. CSLI should have participated (their
head is very busy right now and must have forgotten." |
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"It
could have been more specific to LFG and to the hosting
university, city and part of the world." |
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"CUP
only displayed their standard textbooks." |
Some
participants also gave comments on other features of the Conference.
They are:
a)
Choice of Conference Venue
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"Conference
and dorms were very accessible" |
b)
Facilities
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"Very
helpful people for technical support." |
c)
Catering
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"Water
could have been provided during and outside Coffee Breaks." |
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"Chinese
food for lunch would have been nice in my opinion, but I think
many enjoyed having "Western" lunches." |
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"Too
much food." |
d)
Conference Package
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"Nice
bags" |
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"Very
well organized" |
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"This
was superb - the best ever." |
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"No
other Conference will ever equal this high standard." |
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"A
list of the participants, their affiliation and their e-mail
addresses would have been useful." |
e)
Registration and Reception Desk
NIL
f)
Accommodation
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"Very
convenient location & good amenities for socializing and
e-mail." |
g)
Publicity
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"A
few directional posters a little further afield - say, as far as
West Gate - would have been helpful." |
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"The
poster should have had the schedule, or at least the titles of the
talks. |
h)
Conference Venue Arrangements
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"Superb
organization" |
5.
Overall Comments
Which
part/feature of the Conference you enjoy/like the most?
As can be seen from the chart, most participants enjoyed the
Conference as a whole. Some
of their comments included:
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"Whole
organization, quality of the papers" |
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"Talks and Workshops" |
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"The content of the Conference; very high
qualified scholars, papers and presentations." |
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"Providing
food for participants and defraying other expenses was very
thoughtful and appreciated." |
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"The
Program" |
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"General
atmosphere - serious academics in very friendly environment." |
How
would you rate this Conference overall?
Overall, 92% of the participants found the Conference excellent,
while the other 8% found it very good.
Many participants gave very positive and encouraging comments
about the Conference:
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"Let's
have it in Hong Kong again!" |
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"HKU
has set a new standard for LFG Conference." |
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"Adams
and his team deserve kudos for an exceptionally pleasant and
well-organized Conference." |
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"Thank
you!" |
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"I
would like to sincerely thank the organizers for an absolutely
fantastic and extremely enjoyable event, all the attention, help,
provisions, services & high qualities on all levels.
I have very much appreciated it.
Many thanks for everything again.
Best regards, Erika Chisarik." |
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"The
Conference organization was superb.
Congratulations & kudos are deserved." |
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"The
Conference was very well organized and the program was excellent!
Great effort by all involved.
Thank you to the organizers for bringing this Conference to
Hong Kong. - Elaine
Francis" |
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"Thank
you very much for the best-organized conference I have ever
attended." |
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"This
was a terrific conference, superbly organized and efficiently
managed." |
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"Your
hospitality and professionality were absolutely
overwhelming." |
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"I
have never been to a conference that was so well organized and
took so good care of its participants.
Thank you!" |
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"It
was very impressively organized; everything went off
perfectly." |
One
of the participants made a suggestion:
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"It would be good to leave people 1/2 to 1 hour before
dinner so that they can rest up, etc." |
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